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Enzyme may be target for obesity drugs

...ions than "pear-shaped" people, whose extra pounds settle on their hips, buttocks and thighs. Researchers studied the role of stress hormones and enzymes. One of particular interest was 11-beta HSD-1, which is involved in the formation of glucocorticoids. Alteration in the levels of this enzyme in mice pr...

Marriage does not have much impact on life satisfaction

...s. However the level of life satisfaction tends to settle down to what it was long before marriage. The same is true for other life events like winning a lot of money or suffering from illness. Levels of happiness go up or down at first, then return to their previous level. The researchers call this 'hedoni...

Aspirin usage linked with pancreatic cancer

... researchers conclude that there is urgent need to settle the biologic reasons for pancreatic cancer....

Working in shifts may cause damage to your health

...equent change of shifts to allow the body clock to settle down. However the scientists also feel that there may not be a blanket solution for all, and the results will vary with the state of health of the workers concerned. Reference: New Scientist, issue 23 April 200...

Antibiotics help combat dangerous tropical disease

... blood circulation they mature into adult worm and settle in their lymph nodes and the cycle keeps repeating. "Although the drugs currently in use kill the micro-filariae, they largely leave the adult worms unscathed," Bonn parasitologist Professor Achim H?rauf explains. "Due to the long lifespan of the wu...

Popularity Of Homeopathy On The Increase

... cover homeopathic treatment. "Most of my patients settle the bill out of their own pocket," he says. Steuernagel sees no reason why homeopathy should be sidelined by conventional medicine. "All doctors who offer homeopathy are trained physicians who have completed an additional three-year training course...

Researchers at Cornell University as been reported using research fund by false claims

...reed to pay the federal government $4.4 million to settle the charges levied by the US Attorney. Kyriakie Sarafoglou, researcher at the center, first notified the NIH about problems at the center in 2003. She complained against Weill dean Antonio Gotto, and three administrators and seven physicians at the...

Anti-Microbial Coating For Use Over Biomedical Devices Developed

... bacteria that are present on medical devices even settle on contact lenses, leading to eye infection and inflammation. Nanometer size (of the order of 10-9 m) coatings are currently being developed to be used over biomedical implants and devices to prevent bacterial infection and colonisation that would ...

Marine Reserves Protect Coral Reefs

...e seaweed from the reef which allows new corals to settle and grow. This grazing process is essential to the health of the system. Caribbean reefs are still trying to recover from the devastating effects of an El Nino bleaching event in 1998 which caused widespread damage to coral around the world," Mumby a...

Kellogg Warned Against Its Marketing Strategies

...ad been sent to Kellogg and Viacom saying it would settle for a commitment from the companies within 30 days rather than sue. Still, the Center added, if its demands were not met, a lawsuit would be filed asking a Massachusetts court to stop the companies from marketing junk foods in venues where 15 perce...

German Scientists Create Stem Cells From Mouse Testes

...lief the same could be achieved in humans, helping settle down the controversy associated with the derivation of embryonic stem cells from unused embryos, created through specialized reproductive techniques. If the presence of such starter cells in the testes of men is established, it could even pave way ...

GlaxoSmithKline Agrees To Settle Paxil Claims For $14 million

...t with Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General to settle claims that it deceptively tried to delay competitors from releasing the generic versions of its star anti-depressant drug Paxil.// GSK was allegedly involved in a shady enterprise to keep the generic producers of Paxil in a bind of using frivolo...

Strained Economic Agreement Between Singapore And India

...he problems were detailed as the dust was still to settle on Temasek's purchase of a major stake in Thai telecommunications giant Shin Corp. Opponents of caretaker Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who announced his resignation Tuesday, were incensed over his family's sale in January of its control...

Blood Pressure To Be Taken After Patients Settle Down: Nurse’s Stud

Giving patients adequate time to settle down in the hospital atmosphere enables more accurate measurement of blood pressure//, reveals a new study conducted by nurses at the University of Virginia Health System. Furthermore, it has been found that systolic blood pressure can be 14 points h...

Merck in the Dock Due To Vioxx

...verdict that the company would fight each case and settle none. Merck last year spent $285 million on legal fees related to Vioxx, and said its reserve fund for future litigation stood at $685 million at the end of 2005. Wall Street is watching the Vioxx trials closely for clues about how much the Vioxx ...

Vioxx Not Safe Even For Short Term Use

...egal costs and vows to fight each case rather than settle out of court. `Cases Easier to Win' Attorney Mark Lanier, the attorney for the drug company has already won two out of the three trials. Canadian researchers analyzed health records of 114,000 patients ages 66 and older who were prescribed painkille...

Medicos In Punjab, Haryana Contemplating 'Drastic Steps'

...faculties of respective departments. 'We will not settle less than a white paper on the entire reservation policy. We also demand that the reservation policy must be reviewed. It must be found out whether the benefits have reached the right people,' he said.Claiming that the medicos movement was gaining mo...

Soothing Approach Minimize Bawling Babies Cry – Study Find

...fits of comforting crying babies or making them to settle themselves, the former approach was found to be better, through a study done by British researchers. // New Scientist magazine reported last Wednesday, that babies, who were only 2-5 weeks older fussed and cried 50 per cent more and they were also...

Supporting children with stress key to improve stuttering

...e more apt to be emotionally aroused, less able to settle down once aroused and less able to control their a...ing peers. It took these children a longer time to settle back down once they had become aroused. And, the children who stuttered were less able to control th...

Increased Rates of Heart Problems Due To Fear of losing one's Job

...culprit. Dr William Gallo said that people want to settle peacefully in their later part of life but losing one’s job induces a lot of stress resulting in numerous undesirable outcomes. He said that if a person is unemployed apart from the economic burden he has to face a lot of health consequences which ex...

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